Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is set to release a 3-inch mini-DVD which will carry an hour's worth of special features as a bonus disk along with a regular size disk that will contain the complete Metropolis anime feature.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is set to release a 3-inch mini-DVD which will carry an hour's worth of special features as a bonus disk along with a regular size disk that will contain the complete Metropolis anime feature.
This will mark the first time that a studio has employed the mini-DVDs, which can be played in any standard DVD player. Columbia is obviously hoping that the mini-DVD format will appeal to the tech-savvy anime audience.
"Metropolis" Based on the classic manga by Osamu Tezuka, the Godfather of anime and manga, Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis was brought to the screen by two of the most respected figures in Japanese animation today: screenwriter Katsuhiro Otomo ("Akira") and director Rintaro ("X," "Galaxy Express 999"). The release will feature a newly subtitled version of the film on the videocassette and Special Edition DVD, along with the dubbed version featured on the DVD as well.
The DVD set will feature:
Animax Special: The Making of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis
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